| Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha | |
 | |
| Abbreviation | AIKS |
|---|---|
| Type | Peasant Organisation |
| Legal status | Active |
| Location | |
Region served |
India |
President |
Ashok Dhawale |
General secretary |
Vijoo Krishnan |
| Affiliations | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
The All India Kisan Sabha (Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha) (AIKS), or All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), is the peasants front of Communist Party of India (Marxist), and works for farmers rights, peasants rights and anti-feudal movement in India.
It is sometimes referred to as All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), to distinguish it from the AIKS of Communist Party of India - the AIKS (Ajoy Bhavan). All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane) was previously known as All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road).
Organisation
The address of AIKS is 36, Canning Lane, New Delhi.
- National President: Ashok Dhawale
- National General Secretary: Vijoo Krishnan
- National Finance Secretary P. Krishna Prasad
Membership development chart
This chart uses the Indian numeral system
| State/Union territory | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999–2000 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,11,465 | 1,37,100 | 2,25,137 | 2,25,234 | 1,00,808 | 2,15,930 | 1,00,000 |
| Assam | 1,44,538 | 1,59,723 | 1,01,324 | 1,44,545 | 1,18,611 | 1,61,277 | 1,44,588 |
| Bihar | 2,10,000 | 2,30,100 | 1,52,000 | 2,00,000 | 2,04,000 | 2,17,000 | 1,84,000 |
| Gujarat | 13,000 | 9,140 | 11,500 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 8,400 | 10,440 |
| Haryana | 14,500 | 12,500 | 12,300 | 13,000 | 15,000 | 14,100 | 16,150 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,200 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 7,000 | 13,000 | 12,780 | 10,000 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 4,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 4,000 | 7,000 |
| Karnataka | 52,000 | 75,000 | 89,633 | 92,568 | 67,160 | 73,515 | 70,775 |
| Kerala | 10,05,760 | 12,26,488 | 11,91,666 | 13,23,562 | 13,33,620 | 17,66,606 | 19,45,366 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 19,000 | 19,252 | 36,012 | 37,482 | 48,965 | 37,534 | 50,411 |
| Maharashtra | 69,800 | 70,000 | 85,343 | 92,273 | 90,371 | 92,340 | 1,21,807 |
| Manipur | 5,740 | 4,100 | 4,720 | 5,140 | 4,700 | 4,960 | - |
| Odisha | 22,000 | 18,349 | 26,392 | 21,700 | 22,000 | 31,364 | 30,000 |
| Punjab | 80,000 | 1,05,600 | 1,30,120 | 90,000 | 1,02,000 | 1,06,000 | 1,20,000 |
| Rajasthan | 32,432 | 71,659 | 36,000 | 54,040 | 55,893 | 59,496 | 50,950 |
| Sikkim | 500 | 1,600 | 2,000 | - | 1,600 | - | - |
| Tamil Nadu | 2,50,000 | 2,50,000 | 2,46,289 | 3,00,000 | 2,71,355 | 3,00,000 | 4,01,029 |
| Tripura K.S. | 1,01,000 | 1,11,920 | 1,26,500 | 2,12,000 (KS+GMP) | 1,21,500 | 1,38,000 | 1,35,650 |
| Tripura G.M.P | 52,000 | 60,000 | 85,000 | see above | 92,000 | 92,000 | 70,000 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 89,655 | 1,28,450 | 1,26,000 | 1,60,000 | 1,15,844 | 1,37,499 | 1,15,084 |
| West Bengal | 99,54,652 | 1,05,38,499 | 1,11,06,406 | 1,14,59,519 | 1,00,55,121 | 1,12,18,075 | 1,10,11,153 |
| Total: | 1,23,37,742 | 1,32,39,480 | 1,36,25,726 | 1,44,49,063 | 1,28,45,248 | 1,46,90,879 | 1,45,94,403 |
Activities
Protest against three Agri-bills
AIKS led nationwide protests against Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
- 26 January 2021: AIKS organized tractor rally in national capital.
- 25 January 2021: 50,000 farmers from various regions of Maharashtra marched towards the Raj Bhavan and submitted its charter of demands to Governor Bhagat Singh Kosyari.
- 24 January 2021: 20,000 farmers’ vehicle march from Golfclub Maidan in Nashik to Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Further reading
- A History of the All India Kisan Sabha, by Md. Abdullah Rasul. Published by National Book Agency, 1974.
- All India Kisan Sabha (2 volumes), by O. P. Ralhan (ed.). Published by Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1998. ISBN 978-81-7488-403-9.
- (pp. 1–10), by O. P. Ralhan. Published by Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. ISBN 81-7488-865-9.